Proskauer announced today that Kenneth D. Sulzer has joined the firm in Los Angeles as a Partner in its Labor & Employment Law Department and co-head of its California Labor & Employment Law Group and its national Class/Collective Action Group. Mr. Sulzer was formerly a Partner and Chair of the California Labor and Employment Practice at Seyfarth Shaw.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that employment partner Catherine Conway has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office.  Previously at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Conway will continue to focus on employment law, particularly wage and hour class actions.

Brette Simon has joined our firm as a partner in the Los Angeles offices. She will practice with our Transactions Client Service Group.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Jordan Lichtman has joined the firm in its Los Angeles office as a partner in the Entertainment & Media practice. Lichtman comes to Manatt from O’Melveny & Myers LLP.

Dewey & LeBoeuf is representing the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of baseball’s best known teams, on its pending US$2 billion acquisition by a consortium comprising basketball star Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, baseball executive Stan Kasten, movie executive Peter Guber and financial services firm Guggenheim Partners.

Lathrop & Gage has announced that Beth Schroeder, Allison Meshekow Holtzman, Lauren Katunich and Anthony Nguyen have joined the firm as partner, of counsel, of counsel and associate, respectively. All will concentrate their practices in labor and employment and will be located in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Leading law firm Venable LLP announced today that three Real Estate partners – Mitch Evall and Andrew Schmerzler from Weissmann Wolff Bergman Coleman Grodin & Evall LLP (WWBCGE) and Valentin Aguilar II from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP (Manatt) – have joined the firm to spearhead the growth of Venable’s newly established West Coast Real Estate Practice.  The experienced team joins Venable’s well-established national Real Estate Group, which includes more than 40 attorneys.

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Michael O’Hara Duff has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Duff is a tax lawyer with extensive experience structuring complex partnerships and limited liability companies used to acquire a variety of renewable and clean energy assets.

Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Barry E. Mallen has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the IP and Entertainment Litigation Practice. Mallen most recently practiced in the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, where he was a partner and co-chair of the firm’s Entertainment Litigation group.

Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Chelsea A. Grayson has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Corporate Department. She was previously a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group at Jones Day in Los Angeles.